McDonalds training to count towards Massey degree

Achieving an in-house qualification at McDonald's will gain staff members credits towards a bachelors degree in business studies or a diploma or certificate in business studies at from Massey University. Restaurant managers will be able to have work experience cross-credited for up to four credits - just over 15 per cent of a bachelors degree. That would cut the time it would take to complete a degree by around two years if studying part-time.

McDonald's has previously been recognised by the qualifications authorities both in New Zealand and other countries. Here's an article from 2009 about a UK scheme, and here's a fascinating story from the BBC entitled Everything I Needed to Know I Learned In McDonald's.